(I Am the Very Model of a) Scientist Salarian *FULL SONG* ft. Will Roland - The 8-Bit Big Band

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Codex entry: Scientist Salarian, a parody of the Modern Major General song (humans Gilbert and Sullivan, 1879) was written in 2171 by famed Salarian lyricist and part time structural biologist Jokus Kirosa. The song was later featured as part of the 2183 inaugural gala celebrating humanity’s contributions to the galactic artistic community, where it was performed for the council alongside other classics like Francis Kitt’s All-Elcor Hamlet and Leonin Trebin’s musical comedy rendition of “Jaynestown”.

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Blending together timeless musical themes from Nintendo, Sega, Sony, and more then re-arranging them in genres and styles of all musical inspirations, The 8-Bit Big Band has members from all around the world, but most reside primarily in New York City, and are some of the most highly sought after musicians and performers.

Band leader/Arranger/Orchestrated by:
@CRosenMusic

FULL CREDITS:

The role of Mordin Solus is played by Will Roland

Choir:
Sopranos - Candice Corbin, Carrie Salmon
Altos - Amy Button, Gracie Nash
Tenors - Darrell Hunt, George Slotin
Baritones - Keith White, Charlie Rosen

Winds:
Piccolo - Zac Zinger
Flute - Andrew Gould
Oboe - Steve Lyon
Clarinet - Sam Dillon
Bassoon - John DiSanto

Trumpet 1 - Bryan Davis
Trumpet 2 - Jay Webb
Trumpet 3 - Nick Frenay
Trumpet 4 - Danny Jonokuchi

Trombone 1 - Jimmy O'Connell
Trombone 2 - Javier Nero
Trombone 3 - Mariel Bildsten
Tuba - Reginald Champan III

Piano - Jake Silverman
Drums - Jared Schonig

Strings:
Violins - Lavinia Pavlish, Josh henderson, Tomoko Akaboshi, Maria Im, Meitar Forkosh, Daniel Constant, Francesca Dardani, Kevin Kuh, Eli Bishop

Violas - Laura Sacks, Tia Allen, Sarah Haines, Midori Witkoski

Celli - Susan Mandel, Sasha Ono, Jessica Wang

Double Bass - Michael Olatuja

Music by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Lyrics by Tyler Larsen aka AssaultSloth
Arranged/Produced by Charlie Rosen
Engineered and Mixed by John Kilgore
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Arf Mastering
Shot and Edited by Halleloo Productions
Thumbnail art by @MikeKILLUZ

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[JavaDoodles]

Loved animating for this! The song is so good 😁😁😁 also really glad you released a month early! 🎉🎉🎉

[thealphaginger]

Singing the fastest verse while playing a steamdeck is maybe the greatest power move I've ever seen.

[Cooler]

R.I.P. Mordin
You truly were the very model of a scientist salarian, but more importantly you were the very model of a good friend.

[noahyumuk]

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favourite orchestra on the Citadel!

[Smithereens]

Can we talk about how Will straight-up embodies Mordin for this entire video? Not just with the voice, but his speech, inflection, and mannerisms. He keeps his hands in the three-finger configuration the entire time and does Mordin's little throat clear at the very end. Absolute brilliant attention to character.

[chrisperry]

Just speechless. The iteration of Gilbert and Sullivan we didn't want, need, or deserve, and yet somehow...it still feels right.

[WizardScience]

The fact that the lyrics came from a fanfiction is kind of amazing.

[PatWeston]

Me: Yay this song is so much fun and from such a good game!

"had to be me"

Me: *curled up in a corner crying*

[ThatSonOfAGlitch]

You know, I NEVER in my life expected to hear an ENTIRE version of this when I played ME3 when it came out. What a time to be alive

[IcyDragonPolaris]

"I've cut up more Batarians than Torfan's famous butchering" is FOUL lmao

[tomdelongjohns]

there is no way this could have been better or more tailored to me. will roland really did mordin justice. had to be him. someone else might've gotten it wrong. <3

[MrCrunchytime]

For some reason, I picture Mordin conducting experiments and research while casually singing this to himself, but changing the lyrics while staying in tune as a mental exercise. He probably has countless iterations of this same song in his head.

Edit: Mental exercise, that was the term I was looking for when I first wrote this comment!

[Dan-B]

Ok, but seriously, someone needs to write a Mass Effect musical

[athenabrown]

God, the singer in this does SUCH a spot on Mordin impression! It's incredible.

[defenestrationgaming]

Enthusiastically appreciative: This was a very good song.
Respectful and honest: I especially love the parts where he thinks out loud in-character to come up with the next rhyme.

[shannonolivas]

This gentleman looks like the person I would indeed pick to play a scientist Salarian.

[duncathan_salt]

This song is a testament to the fact that theatre kids and fanfic writers are inseparable allies.

[razzlejazzled]

In my school days I played in the pit orchestra for the school's production of Pirates of Penzance. Years later, while playing the Mass Effect games for the first time I found this reference to Gilbert and Sullivan in the game. I was so surprised I almost dropped my controller.

Well done to all involved in this performance. Great work.

[NardoVogt]

It's incredible how deep the lore in this song goes. "I cut up more batarians than Torfan's famous butchering" refers to the battle of Torfan where the System Alliance anihilated the whole population of the pirate moon Torfan as retaliation of the Skylian Blitz.
That's one of the backstories of creating shepard in ME1... and i have absolutly forgotten about this until hearing this line.

[naxmorvigatore]

Last time I heard this song, a man I knew and loved blew tf up saving the world. This performance does that man a great honor <3